Michael Parker is an Australian educationalist who has been the deputy headmaster of Cranbrook School, principal of Oxley College and is currently the 19th headmaster of the SydneyGPS school Newington College.[2] He is an enthusiastic proponent of a liberal education.[3] He has been vocal in the current debate in Australia on radically improving education on consent, gender relations and respect.[4] His public profile has risen as he supported his student's decision to publicly protest about issues relating to climate change in Australia.[5] In 2026, Newington will become co-educational with the admittance of girls into Year 5 with the intention of being fully co-ed by 2033.[6]
Born in Sydney, Parker grew up in the north-western suburbs of North Rocks. He has two younger brothers. His father was English-born and designed electrical engineering equipment and his mother is Maltese-born. She was a paymaster for a local company when he was growing up. Educated locally, Parker attended the academically selective James Ruse Agricultural High School in his teenage years. He is an arts and law graduate of the University of Sydney. Upon graduation Parker commenced his career as a high school teacher. Parker has a masters degree in teaching philosophy to children. His wife, Fiona Morrison, is an associate professor in literary studies at UNSW and they have two teenage daughters.[7]
Career
English teacher and housemaster – Cranbrook School
↑ Parker, Michael; Parker, Michael (2014), Talk with your kids: ethics: conversations about honesty, bullying, difference, acceptance and 105 other things that really matter / Michael Parker, Jane Curry Publishing
↑ Parker, Michael; Parker, Michael (2014), Talk with your kids: big ideas: conversations about democracy, infinity, environment, war and punishment, humanity and 77 other big ideas / Michael Parker, Jane Curry Publishing
↑ Parker, Michael; Morrison, Fiona (2006), Masters in pieces: the English Canon for the twenty-first century / Michael Parker and Fiona Morrison, Cambridge University Press, ISBN9780521671316
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